Get caught up on what happened around the web this week in higher ed with this collection of recent articles on post-secondary education. This collection includes suggestions to help improve the learning environment for all genders, the impact that racism and sexism can have on researchers, an examination of syllabus "loop-holes", and more.
A strategic moment for Canada
The Globe and Mail
"At a time when the world is riven by sectarian conflict, violence, and intolerance, Canada is emerging as a beacon of stability, openness, tolerance and inclusion," writes University of Toronto President Meric Gertler in the Globe and Mail.
The public should help academics to define 'impact'
The Times Higher Education
Many more of the general public should help to plot the course of research, argue Christiaan De Beukelaer and Jan Baetens.
Fostering Trans Inclusion in the Classroom
Inside Higher Ed
Faculty members should identify gaps in their knowledge about gender, learn about transgender and nonbinary students, and implement some specific pedagogical practices, writes Stacy Jane Grover.
Five Time-Management Tips
Inside Higher Ed
Gaia Vasiliver-Shamis gives advice for dealing with that constant feeling of busyness that causes us to feel like we don't have time for anything.
The Paradox of New Buildings on Campus
The Atlantic
Even as long-neglected maintenance threatens to further escalate the price of higher education, universities continue to borrow and spend record amounts on new buildings.
The Price of Plagiarism
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Why bother teaching our students not to cheat when professors can get away with it?
Higher education still worth the money, new research suggests
Grads make more money in virtually every discipline, but gender gap remains.
How academic research is subject to racism, sexism
The Globe and Mail
A recent study out of the University of British Columbia, the University of Manitoba, and Singapore Management University has found that "individuals judge researcher credibility according to their egalitarian or elitist ideologies and according to status cues including race, gender, caste, and university affiliation."
Academia too reliant on 'accidental leadership development'
The Times Higher Education
Few academic department heads receive any formal leadership training when they step up into middle management, a study says.
The Syllabus as a Contract
The Chronicle of Higher Education
How do you deal with clever students who find loopholes you didn't intend?